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The Trump rally in Winston-Salem on Sept. 8 was as much a campaign stop for the president as it was a reward for political allies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRepresentatives Greg Murphy, Virginia Foxx, Mark Walker, Dan Bishop, and Ted Budd, what a group. What a group. What a group, thank you fellas. They\u2019re warriors. Boy, I\u2019ll tell you, those House guys, they were in there, they were fighting for us,\u201d Trump said halfway through his hour-long remarks, peering over an elevated podium at the recipients of his praise.<\/span><\/p>\n

On cue, rallygoers cheered, waving red, white, and blue signs from the tarmac at Smith Reynolds Airport.<\/span><\/p>\n

A few minutes later, the president directed his supporters to Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, Republican candidate for governor, and Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O\u2019Neill, Republican candidate for attorney general.\u00a0 Applause erupted once more for both candidates, familiar faces from speeches preceding Trump\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lee Haywood, Republican candidate for North Carolina\u2019s 6th Congressional District, which includes Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and High Point, sat three rows in front of the president. He went unmentioned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLoved it, loved it, loved it,\u201d Haywood said of the rally. \u201cI like to hear Donald Trump get up there and tell the truth the way he sees it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The rally was a continuation of the candidate\u2019s unreciprocated adulation of president and party, even as the GOP seems to be giving up and cutting its losses in the former Republican stronghold. Kathy Manning, the Democratic candidate, <\/span>is heavily favored to win<\/span><\/a>. Haywood has troubles with visibility and money, and the Republican establishment has balked at backing his campaign. The president not mentioning Haywood during a visit to the candidate\u2019s district is only the latest example.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, the General Assembly redrew the 6th\u2019s lines from eight predominantly rural counties to Guilford County and part of Forsyth County. In the new district, Hillary Clinton won by over 20 points in 2016. No House Republican elected in 2018 represents a district that voted for Clinton by more than four points.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just a major long shot. It\u2019s an impossibility,\u201d said David Wasserman, House editor at The Cook Political Report. \u201cRepublicans have abandoned [the district] for good reason, because it\u2019s unwinnable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The new borders signal underlying social and political change in North Carolina\u2019s Triad. If the district were on the ballot in the late twentieth century, it would have been very competitive, Wasserman said. But the urbanization of the Triad has driven a major blue shift.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s probably not an area that [Republicans] would be too wise to invest their resources,\u201d said J. Miles Coleman, associate editor at Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of those resources is the president\u2019s political capital, which has not yet been spent on Haywood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no reason for Trump to mention Haywood. It would not have any kind of beneficial effect for the president or Haywood,\u201d Wasserman said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Haywood remains loyal to the president. One of his campaign Facebook\u2019s first posts since the rally announces plans to attend a <\/span>\u201cTrump convoy and ride\u201d<\/span><\/a> in nearby Alamance County on Saturday, an event unlikely to provide much-needed local name recognition.<\/span><\/p>\n

The campaign has also struggled with fundraising. Up to the most recent campaign finance filing on June 30, the Haywood campaign raised <\/span>$15,365<\/span><\/a>, while the Manning campaign raised <\/span>$1.4 million<\/span><\/a>. As of Sept. 13, Haywood estimated that his campaign has now raised a total of about $60,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going up against a very wealthy person over here. She can self-fund her campaign, and I\u2019m just a regular guy,\u201d Haywood said. Campaign finance filings show that Kathy Manning has made one $67.06 contribution to her own campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Closing the gap has been impeded by the coronavirus pandemic, which has already shuttered six months of opportunities to woo voters face-to-face. What Haywood calls \u201ca narrow path to victory\u201d is now even narrower. He said he is focused on social media and grassroots outreach, so in an effort to materialize his campaign, in-person doorknocking is slated through the next month.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe heavy hitters that usually give money, they\u2019re reluctant to do so,\u201d Haywood said. \u201cEverybody knows this is a tough race. They\u2019re starting to come through. They\u2019re starting to realize that this is a winnable race.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While the Forsyth County and Guilford County GOPs have supported the campaign since its start, Haywood declined to comment on state and national support. However, he said that the Trump campaign was aware of his own and that he hoped for a shoutout if the president returns to North Carolina \u2014 Haywood\u2019s best bet against a difficult pandemic and a difficult map.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAbout the only thing my campaign is missing is a swarm of locusts,\u201d Haywood said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Update: This story has been corrected to indicate that Kathy Manning has made one $67.06 contribution to her own campaign. An earlier version incorrectly said she had not made any.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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